1. Marked by poverty befitting a beggar; SYN. mean.
2. Used of sums of money; so small in amount as to deserve contempt; SYN. mean.

ETYM French misérable, Latin miserabilis, from miserari to lament, pity, from miser wretched. Related to Miser.
1. Characterized by physical misery; SYN. wretched.
2. Very unhappy; full of misery; SYN. suffering, wretched.

ETYM Latin squalidus, from squalere to be foul or filthy.
1. Dirty through neglect; foul; filthy; extremely dirty.
2. Morally repulsive.

1. Very miserable; sunk in, or accompanied by, deep affliction or distress, as from want, anxiety, or grief.
2. Worthless; paltry; very poor or mean; miserable.
3. Hatefully contemptible; despicable; wicked.

(Irregular plural: retches).